Twelve NATO countries, including the UK, have agreed to pour more than £37 billion into a new long-range missile system, a UK-led Deep Precision Strike project intended as a future cornerstone of Europe's defence against Russia.
The deal was unveiled at a NATO summit in Ankara that has become a test of Europe's willingness to boost its own military weight. It is Sir Keir Starmer's final summit as prime minister, and he arrived under pressure from US President Donald Trump over Britain's failure to set out a detailed plan for reaching the alliance's new defence spending target of 3.5 per cent of GDP by 2035.
